ReviewTransfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie2014
Diagnostic methods for platelet bacteria screening: current status and developments.
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- Optimized pathogen reduction of double-dose platelets pooled from seven buffy coats using the TACSI® system.Vox sanguinis · 2025Article
- 405 nm light microbicidal efficacy on Treponema pallidum spiked in ex vivo human platelets.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Investigation of co-existing bacteria in platelets by employing long-term culturomics and metagenomics.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- Use of flow cytometry method to detect contaminations of platelet suspensions.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2024Article
- In vitro Hemostatic Functions of Cold-Stored Platelets.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2024Review
- Evaluation of bacterial safety approaches of platelet blood concentrates: bacterial screening and pathogen reduction.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Review
- Chemical and Microbiological Changes of Expired Platelet Concentrate.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
- Implementation of helicase-dependent amplification with SYBR Green I for prompt naked-eye detection of bacterial contaminants in platelet products.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- UV light-emitting diode (UV-LED) at 265 nm as a potential light source for disinfecting human platelet concentrates.PloS one · 2021Article
- Microbiological Screening of Platelet Concentrates in Europe.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2019Review
- Extension of the Storage Period of Platelet Concentrates in Germany to 5 Days by Bacterial Testing: Is it Worth the Effort?Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2019Article
- Bordetella holmesii Contamination of Platelet Concentrates: Revisiting the Definition of a Positive Culture.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2018Article
- Bacterial contamination of platelets for transfusion: strategies for prevention.Critical care (London, England) · 2018Review
- On the Way toFrontiers in medicine · 2018Review
- Transfusion Medicine and Molecular Genetic Methods.International journal of preventive medicine · 2018Review
- Genome Sequences of the First WHO Repository of Platelet Transfusion-Relevant Bacterial Reference Strains.Genome announcements · 2017Article
- Improving platelet transfusion safety: biomedical and technical considerations.Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue · 2016Review
- Standardization of Diagnostics in Blood Safety.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2015Article
- First Indian initiative for preparation of low-titer group "O" single-donor platelets with platelet additive solution.Asian journal of transfusion scienceArticle
- Hemovigilance data: An effective approach for evaluating bacterial protection systems for platelet transfusions.Asian journal of transfusion scienceArticle
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Abstract
Bacterial contamination of blood components and the prevention of transfusion-associated bacterial infection still remains a major challenge in transfusion medicine. Over the past few decades, a significant reduction in the transmission of viral infections has been achieved due to the introduction of mandatory virus screening. Platelet concentrates (PCs) represent one of the highest risks for bacterial infection. This is due to the required storage conditions for PCs in gas-permeable containers at room temperature with constant agitation, which support bacterial proliferation from low contamination levels to high titers. In contrast to virus screening, since 1997 in Germany bacterial testing of PCs is only performed as a routine quality control or, since 2008, to prolong the shelf life to 5 days. In general, bacterial screening of PCs by cultivation methods is implemented by the various blood services. Although these culturing systems will remain the gold standard, the significance of rapid methods for screening for bacterial contamination has increased over the last few years. These new methods provide powerful tools for increasing the bacterial safety of blood components. This article summarizes the course of policies and provisions introduced to increase bacterial safety of blood components in Germany. Furthermore, we give an overview of the different diagnostic methods for bacterial screening of PCs and their current applicability in routine screening processes.
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